Horseshoe-cushion



P. A. REIDY.

HORSESHOB CUSHION.

(No Model.)

Patented Aug. 16, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP A. REIDY, OF MALDEN, MASSAGHUSETTS.

HORSESHOE-CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,658, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed April 11, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHILIP A. REIDY,a citizen of the United States, residing at Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Horseshoe-Cushion, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists in a cushion or pad formed of one piece of rubber or analogous material to be fastened between the metallic shoe and the boot, and in such a manner that at the heel the cushion shall intervene directly between the ground and both the hoof and the frog of the foot, the metallic shoe not extending so far back as ordinary horseshoes, and being beveled at the heel to fit a corresponding bevel ot' the cushion.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a horseshoe-cushion embodying my invention, showing the posit-ion of the cushion relative to the shoe and the hoof. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe cushion. Fig. Sis aperspective view of the cushion in a reverse position from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the metallic shoe.

The metallic shoe A does not extend so far back as ordinary horseshoes, and is beveled at the heel at a a, as shown.

The cushion or pad B is formed of one piece, preferably of rubber, though it may be of other material having the qualities of rubber neces sary for this purpose. The cushion is of suitable and nearly even thickness where it comes between the main part of the shoe A and the hoof. At the heel the cushion has a web, b,, to

fit or bear against the frog, and the whole rear portion is made of sufficient thickness to fill the space between the ground and the heel of (No model.)

the foot--that is,of the thickness, or aboutthe thickness, of both the shoe and the cushion at the toe of the foot, so that at the heel the footshall bear on the cushion, and the latter directly on the ground. The cushion B is beveled at c c from the thinner to the thicker part, to fit the bevels a a of the shoe A.

The cushion is fa stened in place by the horseshoe-nails, which are driven through the metallic shoein the ordinary manner, and through that part of the cushion between the shoe and the hoof.

These cushions are especially useful for horses having sore feet, and by giving a. good and elastic bearing at the heel the horses wearing them will tread more easily and securely; also, on account of there being rubber or analogous material at the heels, shoe-boils, so called, which are caused on some horses by the hard sharp ends of ordinary horseshoes, will not be formed.

I claim as my ixwention- 1. In combinatio'n with a horseshoe short at the heel so as not to extend as far back as the hoof, a cushion formed (as one piece) of rubber or analogous material, having a thinner part to come between the metallic shoe and the hoof and a thicker part to come between the ground and both the irog and heel of the hoof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with a horseshoe shortened at the heel and having the bevels a, a, of acushion having the thinner and thicker parts, the web I), and beveled to fit the shoe, substantially as described.

PHILIP A. ItElDY.

Witnesses:

A. F. SARGENT, GEORGE W. ARNOLD. 

